Tuesday 8 December 2015

Tidy, Tidy, Tidy.


My wife took the dog out for the afternoon so I decided to clean out the 'washhouse' . Our house being a 1940's ex council house, it was provided with an outside bricked 'washhouse ' this being the days before electric washing machines and everything had to be boiled and hand washed - sounds very Victorian now ! . It is now used for storing the lawn mower , tools etc. I also use a corner of it for my casting , being single bricked and concrete floored its a bit chilly during the winter months and its also the place to dump things we don't know what to do with - "Oh put it in the washhouse for now!" we say and after about 6 months you can't open the door for 'stuff'. So I set off on this Herculean task and the fist thing I did was accidentally knock all my moulds over onto the floor - the cat left at this point due to the language being used . So I reorganised my moulds and the casting area , now the more fastidious of you may not think it looks very tidy -BUT - you should of seen it before I started !. Half way through the cleansing process our neighbour called to ask if he could borrow my ladders (notice hooked onto the wall in photo) -I had to stop and get the ladder out- a process that resembled a 'Laurel and Hardy' routine. To celebrate this mammoth task I've cast up a couple of 40mm Uhlan figures which I'm going to turn into command figures for the recently finished unit and will post photos of them when done . 

6 comments:

  1. I'm looking at the picture and making notes in hopes of ever getting my casting bench in the "wood and other things" shed into such good order.

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  2. The trouble is - how long will it remain like this !, Tony

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  3. Looks like our kitchen. Glad to see it's not submerged in water.

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    1. Our local town was flooded but we are okay, we live on a hill, Tony

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  4. All I can say Tony is that the Washhouse must have been a right old mess before you started! Happy casting. Cheers. KEV.

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